Good Samaritan Society - Lake Forest Village is located in Denton, Texas. We gave this facility a very respectable overall rating of B+. After assessing the other facilities in Denton, this seems to be a better selection than the majority of them. This is an impressive accomplishment since the city offers plenty of quality nursing homes. Based on our ratings, you can do much worse than this nursing home. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection rating, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
Good Samaritan Society - Lake Forest Village
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Grade: B-plus
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Oncology Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Lymphedema Care
- Aquatic Therapy
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Facility Inspections
Grade: A
This nursing home received a strong overall grade as described above, but we especially want to emphasize its excellent inspections in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of A in this category. Inspection ratings are based on several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this area typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This means CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.
Short-term Care Quality
Grade: A-minus
This facility performed well in the category of short-term care. Indeed, we gave it a score of A- for that category, which turns out to be one of our better grades. With our short-term care assessment, we endeavor to create a sound measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we assess a nursing home's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.3 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
Grade: B-plus
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Nursing grades are tied to nurse staffing levels. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of moving residents even once per day.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: B-minus
The next area we looked at is long-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home an acceptable grade of B-. This actually is this facility's least impressive category. If you are seeking anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care grades. On top of considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 97.19626 percent of its residents, which is higher than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Good Samaritan Society - Lake Forest Village Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: B-minus
In Good Samaritan Society - Lake Forest Village, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term patients that suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable indicator of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: A
In Good Samaritan Society - Lake Forest Village, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: D
In Good Samaritan Society - Lake Forest Village, 1.51% of Patients had UTIs
This metric tells you the percent of long-term patients that sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's may be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric can be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: A-plus
In Good Samaritan Society - Lake Forest Village, 11.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used for several conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: F
In Good Samaritan Society - Lake Forest Village, 22.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: B
In Good Samaritan Society - Lake Forest Village, 4.81% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who are demonstrating signs of depression. Some experts believe that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: B-minus
In Good Samaritan Society - Lake Forest Village, 94.64% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: D
In Good Samaritan Society - Lake Forest Village, 17.1% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and continence. Many in the industry would argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: A-minus
In Good Samaritan Society - Lake Forest Village, 16.36% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: C
In Good Samaritan Society - Lake Forest Village, 16.36 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: D
In Good Samaritan Society - Lake Forest Village, 11.4 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: C
In Good Samaritan Society - Lake Forest Village, 66.86% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements.
Scores for Denton, TX
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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Nearby Hospitals
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Nearby Dialysis
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- Renal Center of Lewisville12.56 miles away1600 Waters Ridge Drive Suite B Lewisville Texas 75057CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (972) 436-7211
